Developing a tourist industry

From the 1850's Blackpool built many tourist attractions to entice visitors to come such as the Promenade along the sea front, the North Pier, the Road Assembly rooms and the Royal Theatre.
In 1878 the Winter Gardens were built, it was the first indoor activities centre in Britain. In 1894 the Blackpool Tower was built, I was 158m tall (the tallest building in Britain). Blackpool was also the first seaside town to have 3 piers. The Blackpool Illuminations also bought in a lot of people.

By this point tourism here was not reserved solely for the wealthy, many working class families were able to save up for a day trip to the seaside. Therefore attractions were built to accommodate this such as Central Pier which opened with open air dancing for the working classes.
From there a rapid growth of development ensued (7 million people visited each year in 1930), attractions and facilities were being built constantly, this continued up till around the 1940's
Blackpool and its many attractions allowed working class Britons a break from their usual labours and a chance to let lose and have fun. This meant that these people would save up whatever money they could just for one trip

	Created by Grace Evans about 9 years ago

Note on Geography - Tourism - UK Tourism - Holiday Resort - Blackpool CASE STUDY, created by Grace Evans on 03/04/2015.